Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7

by Edgar Thurston

[103] Madras Mail, 1904.

[104] Ind. Ant. III, 1874.

[105] Ind. Ant. III, 1874.

[106] Mysore and Coorg Gazetteer, 1877.

[107] Said to be derived from ma, a negation, and arka, sun, in allusion to their not performing the adoration of that luminary which is customary among Brāhmans.

[108] Brahmanism and Hinduism.

[109] Manual of the South Canara district.

[110] Fraser’s Magazine, May 1875.

[111] Loc. cit.

[112] Indian Review, VII, 1906.